Grandparents are becoming powerful social media influencers?

Surely this can’t be true.

However, according to an article I discovered on axios.com, they are!

Older video creators are “racking up millions of followers”.

Are you surprised?

I was.

I was even more surprised, perhaps a little shocked, to watch some of the video clips to which the articles link.

However, when I read 85-year-old TikToker Gaylynn Baker’s words, I thought, “Why not?“

Gaylynn commented, “I’ve never had such a good time. I don’t know how much longer I’ll be on this planet, but I hope I’ll always be having this much fun.”

Well, if TikTok can change people’s ideas about ageing, it can’t be bad, can it?

What do you think?

 

Would you like to test your English?

Cambridge University Press has two free online tests you might like to try.

General English 
Business English

So how did you do?

‘Revert’ doesn’t mean ‘reply’.

I often read sentences like:

• Please revert with the details as soon as possible.
• Feel free to revert.
• Please revert back to me if you have any questions.
  

Have you seen sentences like these. Or do you use the word incorrectly?

‘Revert’ means ‘to return/go back to a previous state’.

Here’s an example:

Michael said his boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.

I hope that helps!

 

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan

You’ve been working on your English skills for some time now.

Perhaps you’ve been working with me. Or you’ve been working with another trainer or coach. Or you’ve even been working on your own.

If you ever feel frustrated because you think you’re not making enough progress, try to remember Michael Jordan’s words.

Or just remind yourself that “Rome wasn’t built in a day“. 

Learning a language is a journey.

Quite a  fascinating one, don’t you think?

If you’d like to see whether a film is worth watching, you can always take a look at the trailer beforehand.

IMDb is a good place to start.

Two films I enjoyed:

• The Other Boleyn Girl
• Memoirs of a Geisha

Of course, there are a lot more.

And if you find it too difficult to watch a whole film in English, you can start with say 10 minutes or so.

Or just watch the trailers!

“The future of fashion can and will be made with sustainable materials”, says biomaterials investigator Dan Widmaier.

We can live with nature rather than live against it.

And this is exactly what Dan, the co-founder and CEO of Bolt Threads, is setting out to prove.

Listen to his TED TALK: The future of fashion—made from mushrooms.